today i am writing you bundled up in 4 layers of clothing and tucked into bed under 2 blankets. i am sick. or at least my body is sick. i am having a cold. i feel hot and stuffed and my energy resources are very limited so that even a phone call or conversation sends me back to bed to sleep some more. and that is basically what i have done today. sleeping. only interrupted by my pineapple-oranges-kiwi meals. i am feeling much better then yesterday but still i am sick. and i am supposed to work tonight. from 5-12 midnight.
well at 1pm this afternoon i figured i won't be able to make it through 8 hours of friday night cornerstone dishwashing. i might be able to do 4 and then go straight home and crash. so i called a couple people and tried to find someone to help me with my shift. no luck. and then there came the phone call that showed me again why i am still dishwashing for this cafe. a phone call that showed me again how a business CAN be run. blake, the kitchen manager called and i told him that i was sick and he asked if i could at least work for a couple hours. if that works for me HE will find someone else to cover the rest. i said that that would be fine and that i was already calling people to see who can share my shift with me. then i asked him what i could to for him as he was the one who called and he answered:
just be your awesome self and drink lots of orange juice. i see you later.
those are the moments when i love the place i am working for and i know why i am still there.
i send the wish out that each of you can experience such a moment.
jewels
2 comments:
Feel better, Jewels! The flu is going around. Get plenty of rest, don't push yourself. I'm glad the Cornerstone folks are treating you well; don't expect less; you are a jewel, you know. Being a dishwasher is only a very temporary position - you are there on loan, so to speak. You have more things to learn and places to go!
We saw Gloria in the hospital this evening. She is doing well and tomorrow she expects to be released. Her son will pick her up and he and his wife and the grand children will take care of her for the next 2 weeks or so till she is ready to walk
around some on her own; then she will go back to her own apartment. much love S~
hi stream, thanks again for your wise words. please give gloria a big and loving hug from me. thank you too for keeping me updated on her well-being.
much love,
jewels
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